How can Steven Chu be hopeful?
Climate change has already made this world warmer and wackier. So why does this Nobel Prize-winner still find reason to laugh?
Why Colorado could be a model for decarbonization
Eric Blank of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission details the strengths that Colorado has that could make it a model for decarbonization.
Colorado’s last standing coal plant?
What will be Colorado’s last standing coal plant? Xcel Energy wants it to be Comanche 3. Can the company persuade state regulators it should operate to 2040?
Xcel’s plan for $1.7 billion in transmission in eastern Colorado
Xcel Energy has plans for $1.7 billion to build 560 miles of new transmission to deliver renewable electricity from eastern Colorado to the Front Range by 2027.
Xcel Energy stands by Comanche 3
Colorado’s newest coal plant has been a dog, but Xcel Energy says it should stay open until 2040, a crucial component of the company;’s decarbonization plan.
Sun rapidly sets on Colorado coal plants
The 2020s will be the decade of rapidly closing coal plants in Colorado. Utilities have plans for just one plant beyond 2030.
Questions in Colorado after the big chill
Colorado regulators are looking into what gas utilities should have known before the February chill that briefly sent natural gas prices shooting upward.
Energy gleanings from Colorado
Vestas layoffs, Boebert on renewables, Garfield County on Biden climate plan, Gunnison County emissions, Summit County’s electric buses, & WildEarth Guardians.
Slashed carbon and a tidy profit
Xcel Energy reduce carbon emissions 12% in 2020 and still managed a tidy profit for investors. But in Wyoming, continued problems in the Powder River Basin.
What role for Tri-State going forward?
It’s not Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, but electrical co-ops have been getting divorces from G&Ts. Two grad students examine the gains of staying together.
Can Colorado negotiate these steeps?
A gap exists between Colorado”s decarbonization goals and its clear path to achieving them. How about cap-and-trade? Too many problems, a state board decided.
New twist to Tri-State/United tango
United Power has a new CEO, Mark Gabriel, which adds a new dimension to the co-operative’s ongoing dispute with Tri-State Generation and Transmission.
A 15,000-foot view of Colorado’s legislative climate & energy landscape
Transportation and building emissions will top the energy and climate agenda as Colorado legislators seek to advance work on ambitious decarbonization goals.
Aspen takes step toward divestment
Aspen doesn’t have the financial bulk of New York or even Denver, but it “wants to put its money where its mouth is,” and that’s not in fossil fuels.
What the somersaults in automotive industry mean for Colorado’s EV goals
Surely there were high-fives among navigators of Colorado’s decarbonization roadmap when General Motors announced it was all in on EVs by 2035. Then more came.
Jeff Ackermann joins Center for New Energy Economy
Former Colorado PUC chairman Jeff Ackermann will transfer his knowledge about the evolving regional grid to Bill Ritter’s Center for the New Energy Economy.
Durango to have fast EV charger by this summer
Durango to have a high-speed charging station for EVs by summer, and new EV charger at Montrose is already getting unexpectedly strong use.
Xcel Energy on path to 35.3% wind generation in Colorado by end of 2021
Xcel Energy boasts of wind energy milestone in its eight-save service territory, and says 35.3% of its power in Colorado will be wind by end fo 2021.
Why this electric market matters for Colorado decarbonization
As unsexy as it sounds, an energy imbalance market is a necessary but important first step toward deep decarbonization of Colorado’s electricity and economy.
Colorado well represented among finalists for $10 million award
Colorado institutions are well represented among the 5 finalists for the Levers for Change $10 million award. The program seeks to accelerate decarbonization.
